chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
considerably; fairly; quite
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
peeking; peeping (e.g. through a hole, narrow gap)
first and last (time, chance, etc.); (the) only
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
at once; immediately; right now
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
small change; coins; small sum of money
to be stingy (with); to skimp (on)
monetary offering; offertory
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
sacred tree; support pillars of the traditional fire festival bonfires
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
God; god; ace; king; superior person
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing